Business Management - Industry Trends

As I put together this final Enewsletter of 2020, I reflected on some of the in-plant managers who bid us a quiet farewell in this turbulent year, never getting the chance to say good-bye at a conference or trade show. Here’s a list.

Industry analysts share their projections for 2021, critical trends & business strategies that could positively impact your business.

It appears the numbers we’re seeing for the printing industry and the American economy will be revised up rather than down as we move into the new year. The bottom line: An upturn is coming. Let’s be ready for it.

As it has done on at least one other occasion (2016), Pantone actually chose two shades for its 2021 Colors of the Year: Ultimate Gray and Illuminating.

North America is home to some very large in-plants. We’ve ranked them according to full-time employees and annual sales, and analyzed trends at these operations during the pandemic.

Health care and health insurance companies rely on their in-plants to produce documents and signage crucial to their core businesses. Here are some of the largest in-plants serving this sector.

African American in-plant managers have traveled a career path strewn with obstacles that other managers have not encountered. Discrimination, even in subtle forms, has impacted their progress. Here are some of their stories.

PRINTING United Alliance and The Academy of Screen and Digital Printing Technologies (ASDPT) announced the newest members inducted to the prestigious group.

Done right, a brand awareness study can provide crucial insight into your organization’s market positioning. It typically includes fielding a survey to the market that assesses how your brand is perceived relative to competitors across touch points.

The CDC released revised guidelines outlining a change in quarantine recommendations. The new guidance states that some people who have been exposed to COVID-19 may now quarantine for less than two weeks.